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Trabajadores de Copa Airlines llaman a huelga.

Tensions continue between the Air Company of Panama, Copa Airlines, and the workers gathered in the Union of Workers of the Civil and Similar Aviation Industry of Panama (Sielas), who have declared the strike call for this November 23.

This declaration of strike has already been delivered to the Ministry of Labor, with which the notification for the same is fulfilled, starting at 7:00 am, on November 23, given that, according to the General Secretary of the Union, Cristobal Soza, there are still about 35 points left.

According to Souza, most of these points are related to wage adjustments, whose request is for an increase of 12% for all workers on the ground of the airline.

Negotiations with the company began on September 26 and to date have not received any salary proposal, said the leader, who indicates that the work has increased with the increase of aircraft and the good performance that is registered in the company, not It is reflected in the workers.

Both parties have reached agreements in 108 points for the new convention that will be in force for the next 4 years.

It was already called for an Extraordinary General Assembly for this Friday, November 17, to discuss, among some points, the status of the business transactions with the company and the approval of the protest actions to be followed in the Mitradel and the Tocumen Airport.